And the question is:

dov'è la squadra?! (where is the team?)

io credo che il Mister sempre scelga i giocatori piu vecchi - i giovani non c'hanno nessun opportunita giocare...

Ieri, c'erano soltanto 2 giocatori negli Azzurri che avevano meno di 30 anni...

E' sempre lo stesso - non importa chi e' il Mister - sempre sceglie vecchioni come Del Piero, Cannavaro...Maldini c'era?? Ho sentito che l'anno prossimo continuara' giocare con il Milan...C'ha 40 anni...incredible...!

Comunque, credo che gli Azzuri ancora abbiano speranza....
Se tutti gli vecchi vanno a casa!
Forza Irlanda!

@rosco: we don't usually say vecchioni, we say "vecchietti"! and by the way you're right about the team!

"Sciuscà" è un classico del neorealismo

oppure

questa canzone è un classico di Fabrizio De André

hope this could help you...

BTW: Vecchioni is the surname of a quite well known Italian singer-songwriter, and he wrote and performed in the last decades some good example of what you could say a classico...

If the end was "Eccolo", it could also correctly be about a train, right?

The conversation could be about a number of things. What indicates that it is about a woman is one of the final words, "eccola."

If, as you mention, you want to describe a train that's just arrived, you could say "eccolo!" Train is il treno, so "lo" corresponds to il treno.

If you want to be even more specific, at the beginning you could say:

Dov'è il treno? (Where is the train?)

Did you use google translations to write that? :D

I don't understan what he said about the squadra and the Italian futball team, can somebody translate it?

For an Italian listener or reader Rosco's sentences are fully understandable. Yes, there is something that you could say more correctly, but the overall meaning it's clear.

If he'd say:

la squadra non ci sta... io credo che il Mister scelga sempre i giocatori piu vecchi - i giovani non c'hanno nessuna opportunità di giocare...

Ieri, c'erano soltanto 2 giocatori negli Azzurri che avevano meno di 30 anni...

E' sempre lo stesso - non importa chi e' il Mister - sceglie sempre vecchioni come Del Piero, Cannavaro...Maldini c'era?? Ho sentito che l'anno prossimo continuera' a giocare con il Milan...C'ha 40 anni...incredibile...!

Comunque, credo che gli Azzuri abbiano ancora speranza....
Se tutti i vecchi vanno a casa!
Forza Irlanda!

it would be perfect Italian, obviously spoken Italian, and you can see I've changed very few things. There are some colloquial term like la squadra non ci sta, c'ha, c'hanno.  Even vecchioni in this context  denotes its strongly colloquial usage.

BTW all these expression make me think that Rosco could have used such kind of a dialogue a lot of times with some Roman friend... But, for sure, there's nothing to do with a  Google translation!

On the contrary it's pretty fancy his usage of modo congiuntivo in this context, with a perfect expression like io credo che il Mister scelga or even a more studied one  like credo che gli Azzuri abbiano ancora speranza.... Rosco, you say the truth, you've already studied Italian somewhere with some extent, isn't it? Many Italians are not able to perform such a correct usage of the modo congiuntivo!

And now, dear Leo, please, let me not to translate it in English, this task it's a better one for Rosco himself, if he likes...

The problem is that all these things would be discussed much more suitably on a intermediate level... So, dear friends of ItalianPod, listen to me, Rosco, and probably many others, need urgently more challenging stuff!

ciao a tutti, con simpatia, Michele.

buddy.  How many languages do you know?

It is nice to learn a bit of a language and here a start in Italian. Chao a toti.

"l'orologio" covers time pieces: clocks (whether digital or not) and watches. It's a nice catch-all term!

which would mean: Do you have a watch?

To ask if someone has a watch you'd ask hai un orologio? You would ask hai l'orologio? if you want to know if someone has a particular watch (the watch).

Catherine

im eager and willing to learn it.. the problem is italian is very complex..

buonagionata tutti..

prova scrive in italiano

Sono un studente.  Per favore screve in italiano.

today was my first lesson!!!

it's so cool learning Italian from this webside

I hope do it great

have a nice afternoon

ciao!!!

ecogli studente

Bilal

Girdania

you're right! the article gli precedes nouns starting with z or s.

ecco gli studenti; ecco gli zii.

if we want to omit the object we can use li attached to the end of ecco to form the sentence.

eccoli.

well, i'm here...^-^

i'm a filipina, trying to learn italian!

i think italian is a very sweet language and cool to utter!...utterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!^-^

Il mio nome e`Xuan.

Hi there! I'm Vietnamese and I'm wanting to learn Italian. Today is my first time in here so I hope you'll help me so much. Thank you first.

BTW,Is it true that most italians use more often presente indicativo(for the most time?)and...it takes the place of futuro simplice...passato prossimo~imperfetto ecc....

:)

no, it is not dificult..just be patient, stay calm, and keep trying!!!! step by step and repeat enough!!!!! something thats worthy you cant get easyly!!! good luck!!!!

this is cool!!I want to become professore de italiano.(-:  hope i said right! Ciao!!!--sorry because of my english!

Yes it's true that Italians often use presente indicative to describe things they'll be doing in the near future. Where we'd say, in English,

I'll get the newspaper.

In Italian, we'd say,

Prendo il giornale.

This isn't always the case, and is definitely not the case with events that have recently occurred. I just washed my hands would be:

Mi sono appena lavata le mani.

When discussing remote past, Italians often choose not to use passato remoto and instead use passato prossimo, though this often differs by region.

I hope this helps!

@kristina_vrankic:

I'm not sure if what you're looking for are cardinal numbers or ordinal numbers. Check the grammar guide for a thorough treatment of Italian numbers. I'll be preparing an entry today! Grammar guide.

I was in Italy 5 years, I am Safety Engineer, it is a nice to learn any other language, especially if it is sweet language like Italian.

The Italian language it is not difficult, but you should have an Italian to guide you if you have a mistake!!!

My problem is I didn't use this language more than 7 years!!!

I forgot many things about this language; I feel sorry for my self!!!!

This is what I want to share with u.

Sorry for my English, maybe it is not clear!

So...ItalianPod is a good chance for u to "recover" your italian ;-)

grazi!

Exactly right: mezza means half. (You know it's referring to "hour" because it's mezza and not mezzo.) 

Che ore sono? What time is it?

Sono le due e mezza. It's two thirty.

I am Victoria and I am from Sydney Australia.

I am going to Italy in late November to late Jan for exchange. This has been very helpful!

Grazie!

X

Glad that you've found the site helpful! If you have any questions about what you're learning, just post them here in the community section.

It seems that when you and Marco speak in the natural speed, the word "e" is disappear. Is that right that Italian pronunciation also has linking sound like the English?

And one more thing, can you give me some suggestion for practicing Italian. I am at newbie level and I hope to practice what I have just learned. If not, it's easy to forget!

Ciao e grazie.

There's no rule about dropping a vowel sound in Italian pronunciation. In fact, pronunciation really varies according to region.

It might sound like the "e" sound gets swallowed, but in fact I wouldn't do this on purpose. It's a natural consequence of words "blurring" together when we speak quickly (like you say, we do this sometimes in English, too).

My suggestion for practicing is to speak as much as possible! Skype is a great resource if you want to do a language exchange. I also recommend watching Italian movies and listening to Italian music. There's an entire thread in our Community section on Italian music (and Italian Poddies' favories).

I just signed on to this site and I am not sure why I never did earlier. I am enjoying this site very much and the newbie lessons are just the right blend of information and humor, both of which make me want to continue onward.

Thanks guys,

Antonio

Catherine

I need to know when the verb changes it's ending. Eccola is for female and Eccolo is for male... And what are the others? 

By the way, another question.. You say Giorno, Sera and Notte right? and what about noon? How do you say "noon"? In spanish is mediodía but I don't think in italian would be mezzodía or mezzogiornatta! hahaha